Sandy701's Journal, 19 Mar 12

1.8 miles walked this morning with doggies....sunny blue skies, breezy and temps nearly 70 when we set out.

It was a busy weekend...DH's "project" car got stuck at church and wouldn't start, so I drove another vehicle and we towed it home. Unfortunately, he hasn't yet diagnosed the problem....which drives him crazy, esp. since he can't devote much time to it right now.

Then, I thought it was getting extra warm in the laundry room yesterday and that the dryer sounded different. As my mom's dementia was developing, she often thought that appliances were running too much or sounding odd, when they were perfectly fine. I hoped that I wasn't following that path.... Anyway, I finally found out that I/we had inadvertently knocked a small basket off the back of the dryer and it had detached the exhaust hose from the dryer, so the warm air was what I had been feeling in the room and, of course, the sound was different because of it.

I had to pull DH away from his car (!!) to fix the exhaust hose and it took a lot longer than anticipated. Right now, I NEED everything in the laundry to work properly so we can get ready for a trip. After our trip, we'll get some ductwork that's sturdier and not so flimsy. What's there now is the proper stuff, but it falls off the connections the minute you move it even a little bit. DH has it well-attached now, but even he says we need something different.

On Saturday, when I did all the yardwork, I pulled out an old shirt that I was going to wear now as a shirt where you don't really care about how dirty it gets. Well......it was just way too big.....even for me to wear. It looked ridiculous! It really does look like someone else's shirt. I'd been keeping some of these "in case" I ever needed a big shirt, like after a surgery or something, due to swelling.....or as a shirt to wear for yardwork. But after seeing it on me, it's time to donate them. I can't envision ANY post-surgical time when I'd need this size. I wasn't ready to let these go before, but I am now.

The next few days, I'll be eating melon again...I have just a small amount left to eat up before leaving on our trip. Spinach pie will get baked later today for breakfasts while we're gone.

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1314 kcal

Fat: 90.82g | Prot: 88.47g | Carbs: 37.28g.   Breakfast: Sargento string cheese, honeydew. Lunch: Pieces & Stems Mushrooms, Johnsonville Brown Sugar & Honey sausages, eggs. Dinner: Heinz reduced sugar ketchup, Kraft colby jack big slice, Ground Beef (85% Lean / 15% Fat), salad toppins, romaine, Wishbone ranch dressing, Armenian cucumber. Snacks/Other: baby cut carrots, Jones cherrywood smoked bacon, broccoli. more...

1820 kcal

Exercise: Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 31 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 29 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...